The starting point in preparing for a defense against any criminal charge begins with the language of the statute with which you’re being charged. Here, according to California Penal Code section 422(a), it is a misdemeanor or a felony to: (1) willfully threaten to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily…
According to Vehicle Code section 23109, it is unlawful to engage in a speed contest, or to aid or abet a contest. A speed contest is defined as a “motor vehicle race against another vehicle, clock, or other timing device.” Similarly, it is unlawful to engage in an exhibition of speed on a highway. Although…
Suppose that one evening, after drinking heavily at a local bar, you and a friend get into your car to drive him home. You’re speeding and texting as you swerve from your lane and rear-end a parked car. Your friend is killed. Subsequently, the prosecutor charges you with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, in violation…
Hit-and-Run Accident Resulting In Death or Injury The main purpose behind the “hit-and-run” laws is something which you would expect: to make it illegal for all drivers, whether negligent or not, from leaving scene of an accident where an injured person is in danger for lack of medical treatment. According to California Vehicle Code sections…
According to California Penal Code section 288(a), it is a felony for a person to willfully commit a lewd or lascivious act with a child under the age of 14. A violation of this section is taken very seriously and if convicted, it is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for up to 8…
A judge acquitted two men charged with unlawful protest for reading the Bible outside a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Hemet, Calif. The judge ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that the two men needed to obtain a permit before reading the Bible. Police arrested the men more than a year ago…
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